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Testing Day was reminiscent of a health clinic. But instead of hitting your knees with a little hammer or listening to your heart with a stethoscope, the guys with clipboards watch as you do shoulder presses and wall balls.

The knee hammer is probably more fun.

Actually, Crossfit, even on a day where the WOD is replaced with a health inspection, is fun for me. And I can’t help but think of the similarities between testing day and a visit to a German health clinic:

You go into a big room with a bunch of other people–many of them you’ve seen before

You fill out paperwork

You ask someone to translate the hard words, which turn out to be ‘easy’ words

You guesstimate your weight and height, because you can’t convert inches to centimeters off-hand

You’re suddenly much taller and skinnier on paper than you are in real life

Everyone complains about the slow service, & for those of us who are English-speakers, the communication problems.

You go to the proper ‘station’ at the proper time

First come, first served

You hope the guys with the clipboards know what they’re doing

The guys with clipboards scrawl things on your paperwork

You hope that by the end of the visit, you’ll come away healthier

When you do finish, you feel a sense of camaraderie with others who’ve just endured the same thing

They will want to re-evaluate in 8 weeks

The only difference is that in a German health clinic, you take a number and sit around and read a book until they get to you. At Crossfit, you stand there talking and rolling out your hips and/or shoulders.

While I DO love seeing improvement, I’m not going to stress about the testing day or the follow-up. As our Coach Rob likes to say, “It’s all good!”

And it is.

Every bit of Crossfit, even two solid minutes of wall balls, is good–especially when you’re fertig.